Our school has Spanish 5, Spanish 6, and no AP is Spanish 7. Do kids really need to take 5 and 6 before AP? That seems especially long.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at my DC’s HS’s course registration cards, only 5 is an option for 10th graders and not AP. At 11th grade, both 5 and AP appear as an option. So maybe they don’t recommend skipping 5 unless you’re at least a junior?

Colleges that are sticklers for World Language (UVA among them) like to see 4 years in HS, but are ok with concluding at the AP level, so add that to your contemplation, too.

Are they ok with classes taken in ms. After Spanish 5 mine wants to drop it.

Conventional wisdom, fwiw, is that UVA wants to see through AP.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at my DC’s HS’s course registration cards, only 5 is an option for 10th graders and not AP. At 11th grade, both 5 and AP appear as an option. So maybe they don’t recommend skipping 5 unless you’re at least a junior?

Colleges that are sticklers for World Language (UVA among them) like to see 4 years in HS, but are ok with concluding at the AP level, so add that to your contemplation, too.

Are they ok with classes taken in ms. After Spanish 5 mine wants to drop it.

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Anonymous wrote:We're doing Spanish 5, but its strange there is no honors.

Spanish 5 is AL (advanced level), which is weighted the same as Honors and AP classes.

That makes sense. Thanks. I asked the guidance counselor who had no idea and unhelpful.

Anonymous wrote:My son is a high performer in Spanish 4 as a 9th grader and his teacher strongly recommended Spanish 5 before AP Spanish for anyone that is a non-native speaker.

I wonder if that’s because AP is much harder or if the teachers just want the AP scores to be higher?

Anonymous wrote:Looking at my DC’s HS’s course registration cards, only 5 is an option for 10th graders and not AP. At 11th grade, both 5 and AP appear as an option. So maybe they don’t recommend skipping 5 unless you’re at least a junior?

Colleges that are sticklers for World Language (UVA among them) like to see 4 years in HS, but are ok with concluding at the AP level, so add that to your contemplation, too.

Looking at my DC’s HS’s course registration cards, only 5 is an option for 10th graders and not AP. At 11th grade, both 5 and AP appear as an option. So maybe they don’t recommend skipping 5 unless you’re at least a junior?

My son is a high performer in Spanish 4 as a 9th grader and his teacher strongly recommended Spanish 5 before AP Spanish for anyone that is a non-native speaker.

Do you need the teacher’s recommendation to skip Spanish 5 and go to AP? Is that hard to get?

Anonymous wrote:My kid will take Honors Spanish 4 in 10th. Is the normal path to take Spanish 5 or AP in 11th? Seems like a lot of years to get to AP. Anyone know what most kids do? Take Spanish 5 or skip?

In our School Spanish 5 and AP are very similar curricula. It depends on the kid, of course. If they're not that into Spanish, and would like to opt out after 11th, go for AP. If they are willing to stick it out and take the AP in Senior Year, Spanish 5 sets up for success in AP.

Anonymous wrote:We're doing Spanish 5, but its strange there is no honors.

Spanish 5 is AL (advanced level), which is weighted the same as Honors and AP classes.

Anonymous wrote:I’m also interested in this. Secondary question: my kid is in Spanish 4 in 9th. What looks best - Spanish 5 in 10th, then AP in 11th, or straight to AP and then done with language after 10th (with other rigorous but not language classes instead)?

Best, best would be AP in 10th and then AP Spanish Lit in 11th. But few kids want to do that.

I’d lean toward taking Spanish 5 and then AP so it’s three years rather than just two in high school. I think just doing two could bother an AO, even though AP was reached.

I’m also interested in this. Secondary question: my kid is in Spanish 4 in 9th. What looks best - Spanish 5 in 10th, then AP in 11th, or straight to AP and then done with language after 10th (with other rigorous but not language classes instead)?

We're doing Spanish 5, but its strange there is no honors.

My kid will take Honors Spanish 4 in 10th. Is the normal path to take Spanish 5 or AP in 11th? Seems like a lot of years to get to AP. Anyone know what most kids do? Take Spanish 5 or skip?